Gay adoption in Florida

Gay adoption in Florida

Jacob Langston, Orlando Sentinel

Georgette LeMieux, left, tries to take a photo of her partner Lori Bott with Michael LeMieux-Bott, 9, after the adoption ceremony as Matthew LeMieux-Bott, 7, jumps in front of her camera at the Hillsborough County Courthouse on July 6, 2011. They formally adopted each other's birth children as Florida's ban on gay adoption was lifted.

Georgette LeMieux, left, tries to take a photo of her partner Lori Bott with Michael LeMieux-Bott, 9, after the adoption ceremony as Matthew LeMieux-Bott, 7, jumps in front of her camera at the Hillsborough County Courthouse on July 6, 2011. They formally adopted each other's birth children as Florida's ban on gay adoption was lifted. (Jacob Langston, Orlando Sentinel)

Georgette LeMieux, left, tries to take a photo of her partner Lori Bott with Michael LeMieux-Bott, 9, after the adoption ceremony as Matthew LeMieux-Bott, 7, jumps in front of her camera at the Hillsborough County Courthouse on July 6, 2011. They formally adopted each other's birth children as Florida's ban on gay adoption was lifted.